linux-kernel - Re: IOMMU and graphics cards

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Date:	Thu, 7 May 2009 13:04:49 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, airlied@...ux.ie
Subject: Re: IOMMU and graphics cards

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 02:15:35PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> Well, it is not that simple. Having no workaround at all will not result
> in working proprietary drivers.

Which could be considered at not too bad thing anyway.

> More likely is that distros just disable
> the IOMMU because their customers want to use these drivers for working
> 3d acceleration.

Maybe Ubuntu :)

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